<< Our Photo Pages >> Eel Hill Cairn - Cairn in England in County Durham
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eel Hill CairnCountry: England County: County Durham Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Barningham
Map Ref: NZ0523307798
Latitude: 54.465530N Longitude: 1.920776W
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5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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This small Bronze Age cairn has been identified during NADRAP survey of British rock art. It is located approximately 75m east of Barningham Moor 57 rock art panel, close to the eastern end of the ridge of Eel Hill. The mound is quite low, but distinguishable with several stones in its structure.
Barningham Moor 57 on Archaeology Data Service (the cairn is mentioned in third paragraph).
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